Last week: Claire went all weak at the knees for West, to the consternation of some 90% of the viewing public. Niki showed up at the Alchemist’s office and no one cared. Maya wept bitter tears, as did the audience out of frustration for the pacing. Mohinder found the last of Isaac’s series of paintings, thoughtfully left hidden in a huge crate in the middle of his office, that had bad tidings for Noah. Sylar ate Candice’s brain and all he got was this lousy desert island. Hiro? Still in feudal Japan again some more. And Peter participated in an armed robbery for absolutely no reason and may or may not have healed a tattoo right off his body. If only more of those faux-Celtic and fake “tribal” armband tattoos people got a few years ago would fade away (ooh, I have an idea for the next great Hero!).
This week: based on the title I’m hoping that we see Mama Bennet in the role she was born to play, Blanche DuBois, but realistically I’m betting it’s more Maya and Boy-Maya whose name I simply can’t make stay in my brain.
I’ve poked around some interviews Tim Kring has givern, and the earliest we’re getting the backstory on what happened over the missing four months is episode 8. What’s this week, Ep 4? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
I shall be very, very annoyed if Peter turns out to have gotten Jessica’d. The stupid, now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t “godsend” tattoo last week with his “mean face” while TKing Irish Enterprise Guy and waffling personality when given the chance to open his box gave me one of those sinking feeling things.
Seriously, I’d rather watch Mayjha weep and moan for the rest of the season than go through split-personality-Peter.
That’s kind of why I was thinking it may be less painful to watch the Maya weepfest. Although it could be kinda fun to speculate which personality is the one who keeps taking his shirt off for no reason – Peter, or RePeter?
Come to think, Niki/Jessica was always taking her shirt (&tc) off, as well! Another similarity! Oh, woe.
There was just a weird editing cut during the conversation with Nathan and Parkman, did anyone else notice that?
I think Claire suspecting daddy of being West’s bad guy is just another plot point to explain why she isn’t telling the parents about him.
I guess our theories about Candice and Company are wrong, apparently they really were that stupid.
Lucky to have a job in New Orleans? Are you fucking kidding me? People that don’t have jobs right now simply don’t want one. There’s a dearth of employees and quite a few businesses still can’t keep normal hours. Places like the burger joint she’s in are actually paying pretty well given the low cost of living in Louisiana. Double minimum wage starting pay was pretty common.
More like “Monkey see, monkey do way better.” Look at the difference in complexity between the tomato rose on TV and the one Cousin Nawlins made at the burger barn.
I’m liking this episode a lot better than the previous few weeks. I’m not quite sure why.
All of the acting for any character under 25 is pretty awful. The New Orleans setting is pretty schmaltzy attempt to be relevant (a bad habit no doubt inherited from the show’s comic book roots).
But yet, it’s working better. Perhaps it’s because we’re seeing some movement in the various plots. Perhaps because we’ve got a new character with a power that’s not a rehash of something we’ve seen before.
Cool, Burgerqueen appears to have photographic reflexes- she can perfectly copy whatever movement she sees. A Marvel comics character, Taskmaster, has that power and is one of the most dangerous villains in the world.
Other than that, Mya and Allejandro finally seem to be going somewhere.
How many unnamed people were in the photo? I spotted the Alchemist there.
Well, looks like the “Heroes” writers yanked all the “Lost” fans’ chains last week and played them for chumps with Sylar’s predicament. Turns out the Lost island is… the Yucatan. Oooh.
Actually, Gabriel turning up with the Wonder Twins just made that storyline interesting. Just as West is turning Claire’s storyline into a boring cliche-o-rama. The Hollywood sign? Really? That’s what they came up with?
I’m absolutely shocked that they went an entire episode without Peter, or even without shirtless!Peter. But I have to admit, Adrian Pasdar – sans his beard-parasite – was even better looking with the longer hair than last season.
They just better not kill of Angela. Take Molly, instead. (she bugs)
Just me, or was Uhura a little… underwhelming?
Pshaw. As if Sylar likes girls. You’ll have to be content with “Myhandro.”
I did not see Parkman’s father as the Nightmare Man at all. I assumed he would just be some schlub that was being used by the major players like Linderman, the Petrellis and Hiro’s father.
I began to hate Sylar last year as he started to become way too powerful, but his depowering and interaction with the wonder twins actually made their storyline bearable for once.
As Claire was lying to her father for the umpteenth time in the last two episodes, I thought to myself: “The man literally took a bullet for you and this is how you repay him.” Stalker-boy is really starting to piss me off.